Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 00:50:53 +0900 From: Rob Lahaye <lahaye@snu.ac.kr> To: Michael Vondung <michael@vcommunities.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: XFree86 -- Gamma Correction Message-ID: <3F69D45D.3020704@snu.ac.kr> In-Reply-To: <000101c37dd8$eb75ce00$0200a8c0@tabby> References: <000101c37dd8$eb75ce00$0200a8c0@tabby>
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Michael Vondung wrote: > Hello, all, > > I successfully managed to install the FreeBSD nVidia video drivers, but ran > into a problem that is apparently X related: How does one tune the gamma > correction? "man XFree86" suggests the command line option "-gamma value", > where "value" is a number between 0.1 and 10.0, 1.0 being the default. I > tried to start X with "startx -gamma 2.0", but right after displaying the > nVidia logo, X drops back to the command line. The error message says, > "/usr/X11R6/bin/xterm: bad command line option '-gamma'. The XFree86 version > is 4.3.0 (compiled from ports). Use xgamma instead. It allows you to change gamma on a running X. "man xgamma" will tell you more. Rob.
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